www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

I've posted a video of a male small tortoiseshell trying (vainly) to get a response from a female (I'm just guessing the sexes, to be honest) here:

http://www.guypadfield.com/movies/urticaecourtship.wmv

The other human in the video is Matt Rowlings - the voice is mine. The video was shot last weekend.

Guy

Nice video Guy - thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

- Pete

Yeah, Nice video. I am hoping to see that myself again, but courtship usually takes place around start-mid April here.